[ad_1] Cornered by a dangerous predator, a gecko can self-amputate its still contracted tail, creating a fleeting moment of distraction – an opportunity for the lizard to escape with its life. Small reptiles such as geckos and skinks are well known for this remarkable ability to sacrifice themselves and then …
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[ad_1] A fossil that had been languishing in a museum drawer in Brighton, wrongly labeled as a shark fin skeleton, has now been identified as an entirely new species of prehistoric flying reptile that soared majestically over what are now marshes of the Cambridgeshire. Roy Smith, a PhD student at …
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[ad_1] Pterosaurs, like the pterodactyl, are some of the largest animals to ever take flight, but one study suggests that early aviator reptiles were clumsy flying, only capable of traveling short distances. Research may also shed new light on the evolution of flight more generally. Pterosaurs evolved about 245 million …
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